by Isabelle Roussel and Biodun Iginla, Political News Analysts, The Economist Intelligence Unit, Brussels The commission president strikes a confident note after years of gloom Print edition | Europe Sep 16th 2017 A YEAR ago Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, surveyed his dominions and found them wanting. “Never before”, he told the European Parliament in his annual state-of-the-union address, “have I seen such little common ground…